Poetry and Literature Calendar (Jan. 19-25)

Wednesday, 5 p.m.: The Larkin Square Author Series book talk and book signing by Charity Vogel, Buffalo News reporter and author of “The Angola Horror” (Cornell University Press), a dramatic historical narrative about the December 1867 Lake Shore Railway train derailment near Angola that killed 49 people and led to many 19th century railroad industry reforms across the United States. The Filling Station at Larkin Square, 745 Seneca St.

Saturday, 8 p.m.: Women At ART, second of two evenings of poetry and spoken word performance hosted by Kim Piazza and featuring seven of Buffalo’s leading women poets. Episcopal Church of the Ascension, American Repertory Theater of WNY, 16 Linwood Ave. (corner of North Street). $10 admission.